Possible research questions covered in the workshop include but are not limited to: What is the labor market experience of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) regarding employment, youth unemployment, long-term unemployment, and wages relative to local individuals not affected by...

The conference will feature: - Papers on the latest research in the field; - Applications focused tracks including on Regulation, Agriculture, Education, Financial and Health Services; - Round table discussions aimed at early career researchers where former or current Editors of Journals in the...

The goal of the symposium is to bring together leading economists working in any area of labour economics. To foster the desired interaction, we ask that participants stay for the entire duration of the conference.

SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information on the dynamics of income, employment, household composition, and government program participation. It offers a rich variety of information, allowing for examinations of: - Adult and child...

We evaluate the impact of loan-to-value restrictions on household financial vulnerability. Using Norwegian tax data, we first document a beneficial leverage effect, in which households respond to the regulation by reducing house purchase probabilities, debt and interest expenses. Second, we...

This paper investigates how monetary expansion affects household consumption and savings through household debts. Using monetary policy cuts in China in the end of 2008 as an experiment, we find that the resulted increase in indebted households’ disposable income leads to increasing...

This paper develops a new class of poverty and inequality measures we call common prosperity. This measure complements existing classes of measures and allows decomposition across income sources or components of consumption expenditure. This framework enables us to study the trade-off between...

The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

This year’s workshop theme is individual level consequences of exposure to violent conflict with an emphasis on innovative designs, new methods and data to identify causal impacts of armed violence exposure on social, economic, and political behaviors and attitudes of individuals. We invite...

The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers who work with the data provided by the FDZ and to promote exchange between researchers and FDZ staff. The program committee invites submissions on any topic related to labor markets using FDZ data. This year’s conference will also host...